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I looked at the thread here, since that's the only Banneret I'm aware of. There's not much of a complaint that it's new. There's some...

You and @TwoSix both did. You said, "The player and the GM being in agreement about the character’s capabilities isn’t a railroad."...

He's stated that typical D&D game is always a railroad. If I were to use the word zerbit to describe some posters and was told that...

The word railroad is a very loaded pejorative and pemerton seems to redefine it to mean any game where the players can only make major...

I suspect it was because he didn't want to give me all the information he gave his players for some reason. I've no idea why he was so...

I'm old. This sounds much more in-line with the way I remember the Purple Dragons being represented in the old original Grey Box...

What a great topic for a thread! I try not to put any lit torches or lanterns in truly abandoned places because it's too distracting...

Guidance just gives you a +1d4 to a skill check. If making the decision to go right or left is influenced by a perception or some...

I've heard that objection a lot in my life. I've also heard people say the same thing about football (they call it 'handegg'), soccer...

None. But Blades has somewhat similar ones, albeit to lesser degree. People well-versed in game design can read rules and see the...

Right. This is what I've asked @pemerton couple of times. In his game are that players supposed to try to ignore the meta knowledge when...

How do you know? How do you know? Yes, and the argument is that this mechanical resolution step is designed so that just playing your...

This how I read 4e skill challenges, which was ultimately a reason why we decided to drop the system.

Of course it doesn't make your description inaccurate. Your play is your play. But for me it absolutely does become less realistic, less...